Flies Lyrics

Band- Black Dahlia Murder
Song- Flies
Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Brian Eschbach distorted'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'John Kempainen distorted'
Gtr III (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Brian Eschbach clean'
Gtr IV (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'John Kempainen clean'
Gtr V (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Lead'
Gtr VI (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Post solo guitar'
0:00
Q=141
Gtr I
PM PM------------|
|-2--------|-(2)------3-3-3-|-2--------|-6h7p6---6--------------------|
| Gtr II
| PM PM------------|
|-2--------|-(2)------3-3-3-|-2--------|-2h3p2---2--------------------|
0:07
Riff A
PM----| PM------------------------------------------
|---------11S12---------------|-11----------------11-----8-|
| PM----| PM------------------------------------------
|----------7S=8---------------|--7-8--------8---8--7-8-7-5-|
|---------11S12---------------|-11h12p11-8-11-8----8------------------|
|-------| PM----------| PM----------------------|
|----------7S=8---------------|--7h=8p=7-5--7-5----5------------------|
PM----| PM----------| PM----| TP---|
|---------11S12---------------|-11S12---------14-----|
| PM----| PM----------| PM----| TP---|
|----------7S=8---------------|--7S=8---------11-----|
PM----| PM-----------------------------| ~~~
|---------11S12---------------|-11-12-14-----------------------|
| PM----| PM--------------------------------------| ~~~
|----------7S=8---------------|--7--8-11-----------------------|
0:21
Riff B
Gtr I Gtr III Gtr I Gtr III Gtr I
PM--| PM PM PM PM--| PM-----
| Gtr II Gtr IV Gtr IIGtr IV Gtr II
| PM--| PM PM PM PM--| PM-----
Gtr III
| Gtr IV
|-----| PM PM PM TP------|
Gtr I Gtr III Gtr I Gtr III Gtr I
PM--| PM PM PM PM--| PM-----
| Gtr II Gtr IV Gtr IIGtr IV Gtr II
| PM--| PM PM PM PM--| PM-----
|-------------------------|------------9S10-10----|
|-------------------------|------------6S=7--7----|
|-------8p7---8p7---8p7---|---2S3-3---------------|
|-----| PM PM PM--| ~ ~~
|-------8p7---8p7---8p7---|------------7S=8--8----|
|-0-0-0-----0-----0-----0-|-0-4S5-5--0------------|
0:34
Riff A
0:48
Riff C
PM---------------------------------------------------
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o---7-----7------7-----7---|---7-----7------7-----7---|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|---8------8------8------8----|---8------8------8------8-----o||
| PM-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|---5------5------5------5----|---5------5------5------5-----o||
PM----------------|
1:02
Riff B
1:15
Riff D
PM
PM--------| PM-------------------------| PM--------|
| PM--------| PM--------|
1:29
Riff E
PM--------| PM--| PM--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o--------------------------|---------------------------------o||
| PM--------| PM--| PM--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o--------------------------|---------------------------------o||
PM--------| PM--| PM--------------------------|
| PM--------| PM--| PM--------------------------|
PM--------| PM--| PM--------------------------|
| PM--------| PM--| PM--------------------------|
1:43
Guitar Solo
Gtrs I, II
PM---------| PM---------| PM---------| PM------|
| Gtr V
PM---------| PM---------| PM---------| PM------|
Gtr I
PM---------| PM---------|
| Gtr II
| PM---------| PM---------|
| Gtr V
PM-------------------| PM-------------------|
| PM-------------------| PM-------------------|
|-14h15h==18p==15-14h15p==14------14p12p==10------10h12p==10-------------------|
Gtr I
PM-------------------------| PM----------------------|
| Gtr II
| PM-------------------------| PM----------------------|
| Gtr V
|-(14)p12p==11------11h12p11------11---------------------------8h==11-----11p|
|--------------13--------------13------13-12h13p==12p10---8h11---------------|
PM----------------------| ~~
| PM----------------------| ~~
|--8-7h==8p7---------------------------|
|--------------10p8h10h==12p10p==8-10--|
Gtrs I, II
PM---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Gtr V
| PM--------------| PM---------| PM| PM-----
PM---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| PM--------------| PM---------| PM| PM---
|--------------------------------13-16-17-|-16-13-16-17-19-17-16-17-19S20-19-17|
2:10
Riff F1
Guitar VI plays the slow riff heard in the background
Gtrs I, II
| Gtr VI
| Gtr V
| >
|-17b18.5-----------------------|---------------------------|
Gtr I
| Gtr II
| Gtr VI
2:24
Riff F2
You can still hear guitar VI slightly
Gtrs I, II
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
| Gtr VI
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||o-----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0---|
|-------------------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------------------o||
|-8-----------8------------7----------------7-----------o||
2:37
Transition
Gtr I
PM----| PM-----------------------------------------
|---------7S8---------------|--7--8-------8---8-7-8-7-5-|
| Gtr II
|---------7S8---------------|-----------7----5-------|
2:44
Riff A
2:58
Riff B
3:12
Riff D
The last measure here is a bit different for the second guitar
PM--------| PM-------------------------| PM--------|
| PM--------| PM--------|
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
n
- artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16),
where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths